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Allegheny Stock To Go Ex-dividend Monday (ATI)

The ex-dividend date for Allegheny Technologies (NYSE:ATI) is Monday, September 17, 2012. Owners of shares as of market close today will be eligible for a dividend of 18 cents per share. At a price of $36.64 as of 9:39 a.m., the dividend yield is 2.1%.

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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- The ex-dividend date for Allegheny Technologies (NYSE: ATI) is Monday, September 17, 2012. Owners of shares as of market close today will be eligible for a dividend of 18 cents per share. At a price of $36.64 as of 9:39 a.m. ET, the dividend yield is 2.1%.

The average volume for Allegheny has been 1.7 million shares per day over the past 30 days. Allegheny has a market cap of $3.63 billion and is part of the industrial goods sector and industrial industry. Shares are down 27.3% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday.

Allegheny Technologies Incorporated (ATI) engages in the production of specialty metals worldwide. It operates in three segments: High Performance Metals, Flat-Rolled Products, and Engineered Products. The company has a P/E ratio of 18.4, above the average industrial industry P/E ratio of 18.3 and above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.

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TheStreet Ratings rates Allegheny as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, attractive valuation levels and good cash flow from operations. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including poor profit margins, a generally disappointing performance in the stock itself and feeble growth in the company's earnings per share. You can view the full Allegheny Ratings Report.